1. genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes; [syn: Cryptotermes, genus Cryptotermes]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Cryptotermes
n 1: genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution;
sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes [syn:
Cryptotermes, genus Cryptotermes]